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Selin Kubilay
With a background in aquatic sciences, I transitioned into research data management, following my passion for FAIR research software development and open science advocacy. I thrive in interdisciplinary environments and particularly enjoy developing R packages and interactive dashboards that enhance data accessibility and usability. In my free time, I enjoy hiking, road biking, bouldering, and hosting board game nights.
Employment History
Research Data Manager
Delft
Delft University of Technology
Current - 2023
- Co-developped research data management solutions for research projects
- Designed and implemented relational and non relational database solutions
- Helped researchers establish good software development practices by participating in the trainings given by the library
- Organized R cafe1 meetings to conribute to an R community building in TU Delft
- Participated in several workshops for adopting better research software practices
Guest Researcher
Innsbruck
University of Innsbruck
2022 - 2020
- Built a hyporheic zone experiment as part of doctoral research to assess the influence of carbon regime disturbances on microbial carbon utilization.
- Used R with STAN to analyze and interpret the complex experimental design with a Bayesian model.
- Helped build a new lab from scratch for the new research group FLEE2
Researcher
Berlin
Leibniz Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries
2022 - 2018
- Researched the impacts of dam-related flow regime disruptions on riverine biogeochemical interactions through spatio-temporal analysis of dissolved organic carbon data
- Joined ground water sampling campaings in Berlin for Trace Organic Chemical Research
- Joined SopaboxScience events as a presenter
- Joined several conferences with posters or presentations for dissemination of research results
Research Intern
Cophenagen
University of Copenhagen
2017
- Conducted data analysis and visualisations in R for a contaminated soil remediation project
- Funded the stay with an Excellency Scholarship from the Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey
Education
Relevant Trainings
2025
- Carpentries Instructor Training (The Carpentries)
2024
- Data Modeling and Relational Data Architecture (EssentialSQL)
- Good Practices in Research Software Development (Netherlands eScience Center)
2023
- Reproducible Research with R Packages (Netherlands eScience Center)
2021
- Model-Data Integration for Natural Sciences: Non-parametric modeling with artificial neural networks and applied deep learning with R and Python (University of Innsbruck)
2019
- Introductory Bayesian Statistics for Ecologists (Leibniz IGB-Berlin)
- Multivariate Statistical Methods in R for Ecology (Leibniz IGB-Berlin)
PhD., Geography
Berlin
Humboldt University in Berlin
Current - 2020
- Disertation: Microbial metabolism of terrestrial resources in river corridors under variable flow regimes: match-mismatch scenarios between resources and consumers
- Independently analysed large biogeochemical data using multivariate statistical methods in R
- Joined week long sampling campaigns for surface water from alpine rivers
MSc., Environmental Sciences
Istanbul
Bogazici University
2018 - 2016
- Thesis: Modeling evolution and dissemination of resistance under temporally changing antimicrobial concentration3
- Used R for the first time to generate plots
BSc., Chemistry
Istanbul
Bogazici University
2016 - 2012
- Finishing Project: Archaeometry: Looked for organic lipid residues in ancient pottery from 6000 BCE
High School
Istanbul
Saint Joseph French High School
2011 - 2006
Relevant Teaching Experience
Software Carpentry workshop4
Delft
TU Delft
2025 - 2023
- Assisted The Unix shell and Introduction to Version Control with Git sessions
Geospatial Data Carpentry for Urbanism5
Delft
TU Delft
2025 - 2023
- Assisted the workshop
- Colaborated in the development and update of the materials
CodeRefinery6
Delft
TU Delft
2024 - 2023
- Assisted the locally held version of the workshop
Selected Publications, Posters, and Talks
Riverine dissolved organic matter responds to alterations differently in two distinct hydrological regimes from Northern Spain8
Biogeosciences
Current - 2025
Response of hyporheic biofilms to carbon quality shifts - In preparation
Journal of Hydrology
Current - 2025
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